Lemay Library

When Washington College dedicated the J. A. Leo Lemay Library of Early Americana on Friday, April 29, it honored a distinguished historian whose diverse collection of books on American history and culture will now help inspire new generations of scholars’ work on the American founding era. This remarkable library of more than 1,500 books was amassed over a lifetime by distinguished scholar J.A. Leo Lemay, and recently donated to Washington College by his wife, Ann.Now housed at the college’s Patrick Henry Fellows’ Residence, the collection serves the rotating residents of the home, accomplished historians and writers completing residencies at Washington College under the auspices of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience.On a sunny April afternoon, more than 50 of Lemay’s colleagues, family, and friends, including his wife, Ann joined Washington College faculty at a celebratory reception at the Fellows’ Residence.

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